L1 promoter and ASP assays were conducted as described23 (link) with some modifications. Briefly, 293T cells were cotransfected with pGLuc-5′-UTR, pCMV-CLuc (New England BioLabs), and pcDNA-Cas9m4-VP64, together with a plasmid expressing mock sgRNA or sgL1ASP using Lipofectamine 2000 reagent (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA). At 2 days after transfection, the Gaussia and Cypridina luciferase activities were measured using Gaussia or Cypridina Luciferase Assay Kits (New England BioLabs) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. The Gaussia luciferase (GLuc) activity was normalized to the corresponding Cypridina luciferase (CLuc) activity.
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